... This had enormous economic, political, and social effects on the people of Western Europe. The plague outbreak caused them to abandoned their jobs, family and friends, flee cities, and even cut themselves off from the rest of society. During this time, European civilization faced huge economic and ... and people received more pay for their work. Even the lower class citizens and the common man were affected by the increase in wages. Farms were abandoned and workers were scarce. If a serf left one master, he was instantly hired elsewhere. In order to keep the peasants working ... more i...

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... the upper class women, who were considered to be too respectful to work, and if they did it was assumed that their husbands were not rich enough to support the family. Most didn't even have to do the work at home as they had people to do it for them. This made them increasingly dissatisfied and idle and as time went ... did they have to do the housewife duties of cooking, cleaning and motherly chores but also go out and earn the money for the family undertaking jobs such as domestic servants, mill workers, as well as working on farms or shops if the wives of farmers and shop owners. It ...

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